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Born March 19, 1727 • Switzerland
Died June 20, 1807 (aged 80) • France
Edward John Dent
British clockmaker
John Harrison, detail of an oil painting by Thomas King; in the Science Museum, London
John Harrison
British horologist
Bracket clock with oak case, ebony veneer, and gilt bronze mounts by Thomas Tompion, c. 1690; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Thomas Tompion
English clockmaker
banjo clock
Simon Willard
American clockmaker
Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe
British horologist
Chauncey Jerome clock
Chauncey Jerome
American inventor
Quare, Daniel: Queen Ann clock
Daniel Quare
English clockmaker and inventor
Thomas Earnshaw
English watchmaker
Auguste Lumière
French inventor
Louis Lumière
French inventor
Antoine Lavoisier
Antoine Lavoisier
French chemist
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
French-British engineer
Louis Blériot standing before his Type XI monoplane, which he flew across the English Channel on July 25, 1909.
Louis Blériot
French aviator
Farman, Henri
Henri Farman
French pioneer aviator and airplane manufacturer
Louis-Charles Bréguet
French aircraft builder
Abraham-Louis Breguet
French watchmaker
Orville Wright
American aviator
Wilbur Wright
American aviator
Henry Ford
Henry Ford
American industrialist
George M. Pullman
George M. Pullman
American industrialist and inventor